21 Jun
Thanks to Doug Hall for getting this information. Here is the most up to date data regarding where the Bhutanese Refugees are arriving in the United States and in what numbers.
Doug also writes:
I recently requested and received an update to the number of Bhutanese
refugees who have been resettled in various cities and communities
around the US. [...]
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16 Apr
Anyone helping Bhutanese refugees in any manner should watch the 25
minute video at:
www.refugeesyndrome.com
The video is a very honest and moving portrayal of the situation faced
by some of the Bhutanese who have been resettled in the Bronx, NYC. It
was made by 2 graduate students at the Columbia School of Journalism.
The content and the [...]
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05 Mar
No, that is not a typo, one hundred and ten!! This is a re-post from Doug Hall, Friends of Nepal member in New Hampshire…
The Bhutanese community here in New Hampshire, along with the small resident Nepali community, celebrated the 110th birthday of Kashi Ram Rai in Manchester NH in January.
He is New Hampshire’s oldest resident [...]
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16 Sep
Hello to everyone interested in Bhutanese resettlement in the US,
The IOM now indicates that 17,612 refugees have been resettled in the
US. See this:
http://www.apfanews.com/stories/unhcr-iom-say-20000-resettle-so-far/
By the way, you should check out the APFA news to get some news of the
camps. Note that one of the Bhutanese camp leaders, K. B. Khadka, was
killed a [...]
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27 Jul
We currently have many members throughout the country helping in the very important work of resettling Bhutanese Refugees from Nepal. It’s not as complicated as it sounds! Here is a list of agencies where you can volunteer in your area. What they need is friendship, someone they can relate to and help navigating the american [...]
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08 Jun
This info courtesy of Doug Hall. Just do a search on YouTube for “Bhutanese refugee” and you’ll find quite a
few videos of various sorts. New ones keep cropping up and old ones are
taken down
Here are a few
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kYk-XQg1o8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dBhpEE89qE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up29_ppJ_2g&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeqqZG9rK0g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq3w8EjtTuI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU_MsYB9LlE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYQ_h-spedg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DryNAyeFDo8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPlCLg3B7WI
The best ones, which were quire detailed, were from Atlanta. But those have
already been removed by their author.
If [...]
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14 Apr
Here is an interesting blog authored by Bhutanese living in the USA.
www.friendsofbhutan.blogspot.com
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10 Feb
Here is a video made by the UNHCR that gives an overview of the resettlement process.
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23 Dec
This is a good piece that was recently on NPR and featured FoN member Doug Hall highlighting the economic issues affecting the refugees.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98591969
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